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Unless you have a union contract, the most important question is, "What do you want?" You may do as you wish. However, if you are hiring an employee, I take it as a given that you want them to work for you. It would be insane to bring them back t…
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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 02-22-06 AT 03:57PM (CST)[/font][br][br]Pork, My research on military leave shows that individuals off on leave do not accrue vacation time. There is a fine distinction in those cases. For instance, i…
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As employer, you have the prerogative to arrange the sequence of events as you wish. It sounds like the sequence will determine whether the person stays or goes out the door. A lay-off is not necessarily a bad thing and sometimes the unemployment …
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As a general rule, third parties look for a nexus in cases with misconduct not at the work site. In other words, what does this have to do with the work? Believe it or not, in union settings, serious crimes such as rape or dealing drugs are not se…
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I will give you one. A mistake or work not completed is simply an issue to be corrected unless it is hidden, lied about or becomes habitual.
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The reason you have employees is that you need them. Thus, time off without pay should be kept to a minimum. You need to keep the job open while somebody is out on leave yet still get the work done. The only way you are going to get into trouble …
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You can advertise if you wish. Some of the temp services are really good. If you like the quality of the worker then an offer of full time employment can be made. If it does not work out, with a temp, send them back. You may need to make some so…
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From time to time the office brings in food and all the employees eat in the work area. We permit this with the understanding that if they take time and eat there, they cannot then claim another lunch break to socialize or do errands. As far as th…
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I have been through the vacation wars in some detail. While the employer is generally free to determine how much staff is needed at any time, (this will determine how many people can be off on vacation on any given day), it must be negotiated with …
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Most of these things are best done in an unofficial manner. We do have a little party at Christmas (food but no booze) on company time. If there is a treat or little party for a birthday or other occasion, we turn a blind eye as long as too much t…
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Things like this happen frequently in the municipal world. Typically, they do not happen in a vacuum. Often at budget time, council is looking for a certain amount of money to cut. Since most of municipal budgets are wages, they may look at a nu…
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There will always be football pools. My only advice would be to keep the display discreet. In other words, a big chart should not be posted on the office wall. Try to keep some element of reasonable doubt as to whether the employer condoned the a…
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Ask yourself if you are treating pregnancy any differently than any other injury that is not work related. If somebody had a heart attack, how would you treat them? I would treat the pregnant lady the same way.
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Paul, what you say about small churches is doubtless true. It is also true that there are many part time or "lay" preachers out there who are also working. We are also somewhat handicapped in looking at this problem because we do not know what oth…
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If he is to be a pastor, that puts a different light on things. In a secular light, this is another job. Most pastors are paid in some way for their work. I have not seen cases where the employer has to accommodate another job simply because it i…
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We also have 7 day a week schedules and have faced issues of employees wanting time off. You cannot look at just one person but must consider the rest of the work force. If you are working seven days a week, then everybody likes weekends off becau…
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Our concerns have been in a somewhat different context as one of our divisions provides trash pick-up. We have been involved with people who carelessly dispose of needles. I would suggest that you do a little quiet investigation. The cleaning cre…
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We train our employees in CPR and renew each year. It is a good skill both on the shop floor and at home with friends and family. As to the legal liability, you really cannot entirely escape it in this day and age. For example, a real case involv…
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Paul, In theory, men and women should be treated exactly the same. I fully understand your issue. In practice, we do not treat men and women the same, although there is a polite fiction that we do so. In a manufacturing facility if a man's legs g…
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Although the female teachers having relations with young boys make the headlines, it is exactly because that sort of thing is so rare. In numbers, the vast majority of complaints are against males. I would still advise any male teacher against bab…
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Having served on the Board of a private school, I have been involved in some of these discussions. Many teachers at private religious schools do not make nearly the wages of teachers at public schools, thus they may moonlight some. I suspect that …
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If there is a union, it would be the responsibility of the union rep to help write any grievance. This written form is what they are then stuck with. If it is poorly written, the union is much less likely to prevail in front of a third party. In …
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What is your relationship with the council or the Chief of Police. If the work atmosphere is getting poisonous, I would ask them who is making allegations. If they do not want to give the name, I would remind them that false allegations are action…
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I highly recommend this approach. We also have a list for new hires and a spread sheet to make sure various things happen during the first six months of employment. Whether by legal statute or internal policy, HR has gotten more and more complicat…
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Our bank told me that they did not receive the direct deposit file one week, so I sent it again. However, they put the paychecks into the employee's accounts twice. We had to adjust every direct deposit account. A couple had already spent the mone…
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It makes a difference whether there is a union involved or not. If you are simply putting a person on probation, clearly state what the problems are and what you expect. Give a time frame for improvement. Make it clear what will happen if the req…
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Timeliness is a huge issue. You may find, to your sorrow, that the arbitrator refuses to find a grievance untimely but instead wants to reach the merits of the grievance. However, the union will have to cite contract language or past practice in o…
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Welcome to the other side of harassment. In some ways it has become the new witchcraft. Men accused are deemed guilty because what they have done has made somebody uncomfortable, thus there is no real defense. That being said, look at your option…
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There is no substitute for experience. Although I have a BS degree, I learned my HR basics on the union side and through hard knocks. When I made the transition to management, seminars and various trainings were important. Books and study guides …
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Well done. In New York, they also retire judges at 70. They can get an extension on that but not for an indefinate period. We regret it when some judges have to retire and rejoice about the retirement of others.